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          Date of Hearing:   March 20, 2014

                             ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
                              Richard S. Gordon, Chair
                   ACR 84 (Rodriguez) - As Amended:  March 13, 2014
           
          SUBJECT  :   Emergency Medical Services Week.

           SUMMARY  :   Proclaims May 18, 2014, though May 24, 2014, as  
          Emergency Medical Services Week.  Specifically,  this resolution   
          makes the following legislative findings:

          1)It is estimated that there are over 840,000 emergency medical  
            services personnel in the United States, including over 80,000  
            in the State of California.

          2)Emergency medical services system consists of emergency  
            physicians, emergency nurses, emergency medical technicians,  
            paramedics, firefighters, educators, administrators, and  
            others who engage in thousands of hours of specialized  
            training and continuing education to enhance their lifesaving  
            skills.

          3)Access to quality emergency medical care dramatically improves  
            the survival and recovery rates of those who experience sudden  
            illness or injury.

          4)This is the 40th anniversary of National Emergency Medical  
            Services Week; and, the theme of Emergency Medical Services  
            (EMS) Week is "EMS: Dedicated for Life." which means first,  
            demonstrates that emergency medical services providers are  
            dedicated to saving lives, and second, it expresses the sense  
            of duty to aid others that is inherent in the profession and  
            stays with an emergency medical services provider for life.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   None

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :   

           Support 
           
          American College of Emergency Physicians
          American Medical Response
          California Ambulance Association
          California Professional Firefighters








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          Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency

           Opposition 
           
          None on file
           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Nicole Willis / RLS. / (916) 319-2800